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Key terms
Key term
- Licence to launch and operate
- Third-party liability and insurance
- Cross-waivers
- Procurement and geographic return
- IP and data rights
- Export control
- Spectrum and ITU filings
- Change of control and transfer
- Anchor revenue and termination
Regime
- ESA and EU space contracts
- US space contracts and licensing
- UK and French space contracts and licensing
Government buyers
Government buyer
- European Space Agency (ESA)
- EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA)
- NASA
- Space Development Agency (SDA)
Regulatory tracker
- EU Space Act
- IRIS²: EU secure connectivity programme
- New EU foreign investment screening regulation
- EU dual-use export controls
- FCC Space Modernization for the 21st Century
- FAA launch and reentry licensing (Part 450) streamlining
- US mission authorisation for novel space activities
- US government payment of excess launch claims
- ITAR: review of the US Munitions List
- US outbound investment rules (COINS Act)
- UK space liability limits
- National Security and Investment Act: sector review
Tool
- Is this space contract or licence financeable?
- Satellite financing checklist
- Satellite finance clause library
- Contract library: filed satellite, launch and NASA agreements
- Satellite security and transfer rules by country
- Space M&A terms from the filed agreements
- Launch services agreement checklist
- Satellite licensing and transfer checklist
- Export control navigator for deals
- Deal clearance navigator: NSI Act, CFIUS, EU screening and FCC
- Board paper and memo builder
- Legal calendar
- Major contract awards
Guide
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